¹⁰ And Azariah, the chief priest, of the family of Zadok, said in answer, From the time when the people first came with their offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had food enough, and more than enough: for the blessing of the Lord is on his people; and there is this great store which has not been used.

¹⁰ Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.

⁸ And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,

²² The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

¹⁵ But as for the priests, the sons of Zadok, who took care of my holy place when the children of Israel were turned away from me, they are to come near me to do my work, they will take their places before me, offering to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord;

¹⁸ And now, give thought; looking on from this day, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the time when the base of the Lord's house was put in its place, give thought to it.

³⁷ And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.

⁸ And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work:

⁹ As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

¹⁰ And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

¹¹ Your wealth being increased in everything, with a simple mind, causing praise to God through us.

¹⁸ I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.

⁸ For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

⁹ Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:

¹⁷ And Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty of the Lord's priests, who were strong men;

¹⁴ And Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak;

²⁷ And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.

²⁸ Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.

²⁹ Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

³⁰ For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

⁵ And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.

²³ And the keeper of the prison gave no attention to anything which was under his care, because the Lord was with him; and the Lord made everything he did go well.

²¹ Then I will send my blessing on you in the sixth year, and the land will give fruit enough for three years.

⁴ Then I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will give her increase and the trees of the field will give their fruit;

⁵ And the crushing of the grain will overtake the cutting of the grapes, and the cutting of the grapes will overtake the planting of the seed, and there will be bread in full measure, and you will be living in your land safely.

⁸ The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

³⁵ And the king put Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest he put in the place of Abiathar.

⁴³ But his servant said, How am I to put this before a hundred men? But he said, Give it to the people for food; for the Lord says, There will be food for them and some over.

⁴⁴ So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said.

¹² Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.